Michael Medeiros

Known for Acting

Raised in Hawaii, Michael Medeiros moved to NYC to study with famed acting teacher and coach, Uta Hagen and has been working as a writer, director, actor and composer ever since. His feature film, Tiger Lily Road starring Tom Pelphrey (Mank, Ozark) played U.S. and international film festivals, winning the Audience Award at Woods Hole. It was the opening night film at Orlando FF and subsequently ran at NYC's Quad Cinema. He wrote and directed 3 Minutes, a film about a mass shooting which premiered at Soho International Film Festival and is the writer/composer/lyricist of A Wild Thing, a '60s rock musical that was partly developed at The Mercer Writers Colony at Goodspeed Musicals and was a finalist for a 2024 Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellowship. As an actor he has appeared in big budget films and award winning indies, including X-Men First Class, RoboCop 2, Synecdoche New York, and Margot At The Wedding. On television, he starred in the Custer mini-series Son of the Morning Star and guest-starred in many TV series, including Manifest and seven episodes of Law & Order. On stage, he won critical acclaim in Goodman Theatre's radical reconstruction of Williams' Camino Real and has sung the title roles in Sweeney Todd and Man of La Mancha. He has also appeared at City Center Encores, The Public Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Long Wharf, Huntington, Kennedy Center and many others. He was lucky enough to spend ten summers at New River Dramatists, a writer's retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains.Read more

Movies & web series

Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number

Tiger Lily Road

New Amsterdam

Person of Interest

Manifest

The Blacklist

Elementary

The Good Wife

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Synecdoche, New York

X-Men: First Class

Law & Order

Brawl in Cell Block 99

Matlock

The Equalizer

L.A. Law

Nola

Parting Glances

The Garden Party

The Revenge of Al Capone

RoboCop 2

Margot at the Wedding

Alone in the Dark

Ticks

She's Lost Control

The Warrior Class

Sunset Grill

New York Nights

Drunks

Original Intent: The Battle for America

Art of Diversion

The Wisdom Tooth